Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Act · s 65

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s 65Precautions against rats

(1)

The master or agents of any ship lying in the waters of Brunei Darussalam shall take such precautions as may be directed by a port health officer to prevent rats from leaving or entering such ship.

(2)

If a ship has called during the current voyage at a port declared by notification in the Gazette to be infected in respect of plague, such ship shall, if so directed by a port health officer, anchor at a quarantine anchorage during its stay in port

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or until it has been deratted to the satisfaction of the port health officer.

(3)

The master, owner or agent of every ship shall, if so required by the port health officer, remove any partition which is not required for the safety of the ship or for the accommodation of the crew, passengers or cargo but is likely to harbour rats or to prevent the destruction of rats by fumigation.